Chairman of GAIA Inc., Rawle Brancker, said "the airport is a very integral part of the tourism product that is Barbados".

"We will improve upon what we've met at the airport and work towards enhancing it and strive for the excellence that is required to make Barbados' tourism product always No. 1," he added, during a brief interview recently.

Kingsley Clarke is deputy chairman of the board, which will meet next week for the first time since it was named. (DS)